on board

Definition

On or in (a means of transportation).

Etymology

Originally a literal reference to the wooden boards of the deck of a boat or ship.

Example Sentences

• "On board his boat were various firearms but not much food."
• "Even when I am on board the plane, I can never feel secure that my luggage is, too."
• "There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place."